Posted on 05/07/2013 4:00:28 PM PDT by jazusamo
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that he likely couldn’t support the online sales tax bill that the Senate passed this week, underscoring the challenge that supporters face in getting the measure through the lower chamber.
Boehner told Bloomberg Television that the Marketplace Fairness Act, which got 69 votes in the Senate on Monday, would heap a “big burden on some very small businesses.”
"I just think that moving this bill where you have 50 different sales tax codes, it is a mess out there,” Boehner said. “You are going to make it much more difficult for online businesses to be able to comply with it.”
The Speaker, in his most dismissive comments yet on the bill, also said “probably not” when specifically asked if he could support it, and noted once more that the bill would have to go through the House Judiciary Committee, where Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) has outlined an extensive list of concerns about the bill.
Proponents of the online sales tax bill – including big box stores like Wal-Mart, the online giant Amazon and state governments – have said that they had momentum following the lopsided Senate vote, and that a bill could even get to President Obama’s desk this year.
The Marketplace Fairness Act, those groups say, would merely close a loophole exploited by online businesses, and could give states billions in needed extra revenue each year.
The bill would allow states to collect sales tax revenue whenever a resident made an online purchase from a U.S. retailer. Currently, states can only collect from businesses that have a physical location in that state.
But opponents of the group – including prominent small government organizations like Heritage Action and Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform – have long said that the measure would have a tougher time in the House. Those groups say the bill would open up online retailers to audits, and should be viewed as a tax increase on consumers.
Customers are generally supposed to report taxes from online purchases to their states, but rarely do.
“probably” is probably as close to cajones as he is likely to have
note: not only would this new tax be a big burden on businesses, it would be a big burden on us American citizens/voters/workers, too
not that we count for much anymore
He’s waiting for the right offer/bribe.
I wish he would say that he’s ecstatic about the idea and he’ll put his top people on it. /s
Prohibit sales tax on all on line purchases is the only thing Bonehead should support. The bill should so specify that no State can collect taxes on on line purchases. Otherwise this shi! doesn’t mean much. California would crap in their pants since they collect sales tax on on line purchases.
How ‘bout you have no INTENTION of support such a tax, Mr. Speaker? Can you reach up your nether regions, please and check to see if your spine is still intact? Just wonderin’.
Maddie10
Boehner is ‘probably’ a man but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Sadly, Obummer has been pretty successful with that tactic.
The proposed tax is in fact UNfair to online retailers because the burden being placed upon them is far beyond anything a brick 'n mortar deals with.
In short. F*** the Senate.
Now that I’ve studied this bill a little more, I don’t see constitutonal problems with it per se, regardless that buyers who make out-of-state purchases online get screwed.
H O W E V E R ...
If the states want to generate more revenue, why don’t state lawmakers stop Congress from laying taxes for federal spending programs which it cannot justify under its Section 8, Article I limited powers? If such taxes were stopped, then citizens would at least have more money in their bank accounts for their respective states to steal.
“Probably not” is better than “Yes” at least.
Pathetic!
A Profile in Courage.
The beginning of the article paints a firmer picture of his views:
“Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that he likely couldn’t support the online sales tax bill that the Senate passed this week, underscoring the challenge that supporters face in getting the measure through the lower chamber.
Boehner told Bloomberg Television that the Marketplace Fairness Act, which got 69 votes in the Senate on Monday, would heap a “big burden on some very small businesses.”
It seems that he’s not going to support it.
I think i will send Bohner a contribution, maybe instead of filling an envelope, I will leave it empty, you know an “undocumented contribution”....
Screw you Bohner
How very macho of our dear Speaker to take such a firm stand!
The thing that ticks me off is that he’s had plenty of time to know all about this bill in the Senate.
Conservatives are against it. Sen. Cruz blasted it in no uncertain terms and now the Speaker is saying ‘probably not,’ it looks to me like he’s playing both sides.
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